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Johan took his first job as a lumber mill worker when he was 12 years old. On 6 June 1901, he married Albine Regine Brandslet (1878–1961). Nygaardsvold and his wife emigrated to Canada in 1902 where he took jobs in British Columbia , and in the US in Kalispell, Montana , and Spokane, Washington .
At the age of 12 Nygaardsvold started to work in addition to school, at the sawmill and the brickworks. Gradually he was engaged in the fight to reduce working hours from 12 hours a day. When his father died in 1897, 18 year-old Johan took over as the family’s primary breadwinner.
Johan Nygaardsvold was the 21st Prime Minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945. He oversaw the Norwegian Government-in-exile from London during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
His parents were Anders Nygaardsvold (1839–1897) and Andrea Ratvold (1845–1929). His father was a tenant farmer and a founding member of the first labour union in the area. Johan took his first job as a lumber mill worker when he was 12 years old. On 6 June 1901, he married Albine Regine Brandslet (1878–1961).
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Nygaardsvold has received more than 148,080 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019) . Johan Nygaardsvold is the 9,238th most popular politician (down from 6,321st in 2019) , the 144th most popular biography from Norway (down from 105th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Norwegian Politician .
Johan Nygaardsvold (6 September 1879 – 13 March 1952) was a Norwegian politician from the Norwegian Labour Party who served as the 21st prime minister of Norway from 1935 to 1945. From June 1940 until May 1945, he oversaw the Norwegian Government-in-exile from London as head of the Nygaardsvold cabinet during the occupation of Norway by National Socialist Germany .
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He worked as a laborer in the Swedish lumber industry during the summers in the first few years. From 1920 to 1922 he served as the mayor for his home town of Malvik. In 1928, Nygaardsvold was appointed minister of agriculture in the short-lived Christopher Hornsrud cabinet. From 11 January 1934 to 20 March 1935 he served as President of the ...
